[School Budgets\COVID-19]
Rep. Norton: “Many schools, like those in the District, have been forced to go virtual because of the pandemic…The delay in passing the Heroes Act, which contains $200B for schools, is unconscionably shortchanging our children .”
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[American Federation of Teachers\President Randi Weingarten]
Weingarten: “I am so honored to represent this country’s educators, healthcare professionals and public employees alongside Evelyn De Jesus and Fed Ingram.
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[American Federation of Teachers\Randi Weingarten]
Weingarten: “The PDK poll confirms once again what we know to be true: Public schools are supported by an enduring majority of Americans, and Donald Trump and Betsy DeVos’ vicious agenda to ‘end’ them is the antithesis of what Americans want.”
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[“Getting It Right: Reopening Our Nation’s Schools”]
“Getting It Right: Reopening Our Nation’s Schools” will be aired live on WPFW 89.3 FM in Washington, D.C., and audio streamed on www.wpfwfm.org; aired live on WBAI 99.5 FM in New York City and audio streamed on www.wbai.org.
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[American Federation of Teachers\Randi Weingarten]
Weingarten: “If people are looking for someone to blame for school buildings staying closed, they should look no further than DeVos, Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.”
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[COVID-19 Relief]
Weingarten: “The funds proposed for K-12 public schools, colleges and universities are woefully inadequate given the expenses schools will face to reopen safely.”
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[COVID-19 Pandemic]
Weingarten: “The CDC may have changed its tone to accommodate President Trump’s whims, but the details of its guidance remain the same: Schools cannot reopen safely and equitably until we have effectively contained the virus spread.”
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[COVID-19\School Funding]
Weingarten: “Our nation is at a critical crossroad, and the decisions Congress and the president make in the next two weeks will be felt for generations to come.”
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[HEROES Act]
Weingarten: “It’s a dereliction of duty for Mitch McConnell to go on vacation in July without passing the federal investment our schools desperately need to safely reopen this fall…McConnell and Republican senators to take up the HEROES Act.”
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[Betsy DeVos\School Privitization\Espinoza Ruling]
Weingarten: “It is telling that, after spending more than three years doing nothing to help the public schools that 90 percent of children attend, Betsy DeVos races to divert resources into private hands 48 hours after the Supreme Court’s decision in Espinoza.”
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